I can hardly believe today is the last day of January already! This month has flown by! February is a busy month birthday wise for the Gilliam/Cargile household. My neice, Madison, is the 2nd; my little Hanna Beth's is the 4th; my Papa's would have been the 5th; my Granny's would have been the 11th; my step-daughters is the 20th which is also the one year anniversary of my Granny leaving this life to go be with my Jesus. A busy month indeed!
Mondays have become my Sabbath since Sundays are my busy days at church. It's the day I can turn myself off and allow my mind to slow a bit. There was plenty I COULD HAVE done today but I just sat back and thought. My mind, as most of you know, is a constant pep rally for about 7 teams all at one time. I feel like my mind is in monkey mode most of the time flitting (is flitting even a word?) from limb to limb. If I don't write, or type rather, something significant down that God has spoke to me, it will soon flee my mind never to return. So, with that said, these are some things God brought to my memory today:
I am thankful God isn't ADD/ADHD and doesn't forget what He is doing! I know this world is messed up but can you IMAGINE what shape it would be in if He couldn't/didn't concentrate and finish what He started? Whoa....not even gonna go there!
Fruit always reflects the character of the tree it's hanging on. If He is the root and we are the branches then we, as TRUE followers of Christ, should be reflecting sweet, fragrant fruit. Are we? What is it that others see hanging from our branches? Should we take a poll?
Satan doesn't get too excited when we go to church but he flips out when we pray. Prayer is what connects us to God. It's where we build our relationship with Him. Do you remember when you fell in love the first time? Do you remember sitting and talking with that special someone hours on end and you really got to know them? Well, God is the same way. Some people find it hard to pray...they don't know what to "say"? Prayer doesn't have to be elaborate. We don't have to use the Christian "slang" when we talk to God. Talk to Him like you talk to your friends. Hey God. What's up? I have had a really good day except for the fact my kids fought like cats and dogs. You know, I think Your pretty cool. I mean you love me even when I totally screw up. I am sorry for letting you down today when I really needed to speak to that person you put in my path but I was just too scared to look stupid. Can you help me out with a dose of boldness? See, it doesn't have to be King James version prayers. It's you and God just hanging out!
I know those topics are not related at all but that is just how my brain works. Now do you understand that if I don't write/type them I would totally forget most of the stuff He speaks to me?!?
Well, tomorrows another full day for me and it will be a late night. I am hoping I will get the opportunity to blog so until then remember this: Jesus never said life with Him would be easy, but He did say it would be worth it (Matthew 7:13-14)!
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